Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust
RHU00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust was ranked 79th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,276 items dispensed, up 20.4% on a year earlier.
2,276items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£40,214
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust: hospital prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community, to March 2026
Top medicines, March 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 149 | £811 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 107 | £82 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 102 | £207 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 86 | £107 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 72 | £129 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 69 | £46 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 48 | £63 |
| Ciprofloxacin 0.3% / Dexamethasone 0.1% ear drops | 46 | £280 |
| Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension | 43 | £69 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 43 | £224 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 31 | £49 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 29 | £14 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 25 | £21 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 24 | £86 |
| Isotretinoin 20mg capsules | 23 | £1,764 |